ABSTRACT
This chapter derives an image of each country's strategic culture individually through a systematic elaboration of formative moments, founding myths and the identity conceptions these are likely to emanate from secondary literature. It discusses the involvement of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) in the First World War, especially in the Gallipoli Campaign. In addition to the War of 1812 the myth of the Benevolent Montie, as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is commonly referred to, is also conducive to the image of Canada as a peaceful, tolerant, inclusive and diverse nation. The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars to the Force de Frappe and de Gaulle's presidency, which have all forged a national identity that grants the state a particularly central position. The trajectory of German security policy and practice since the end of the Cold War shows signs of both continuity in its preference for multilateral diplomatic means over the exercise of military force.
